Jacques Merat

Jacques Merat is the Project Manager of Bashki të Forta (BtF). Involved in the project from its inception phase, Jacques makes sure activities are implemented on time and allow reaching targets. He also makes his wide governance expertise available to team members and partners. Jacques has been working on local governance and decentralization since his early years in development cooperation in 1998. He has advised civil society organizations, local and central governments in many countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Economist and Sociologist by training, he specialized in 2001 in governance through a master's degree and attended postgraduate courses later on in public finances and public law.